We are proud to announce the release of Tegra Android Development Pack 2.0r7, the ultimate companion for developing native Android applications. Tegra Android Development Pack (TADP) is a single package that sets up an Android development environment and installs all software tools required to developing for Android.

Shortly after the release of the NVIDIA SHIELD update to Android 4.3 (OTA Update 63/64), a bug was discovered that prevents Nsight Tegra, and other debuggers, from attaching to applications for debugging.
This bug does not affect devices that are flashed with a full image. Instead it only affects devices where the OTA Update 63/64 releases were applied as a System Update on the device. A workaround to this issue is available to developers by directly flashing a full image onto the device by...

Android game developers using NVIDIA’s Tegra Android Developer Pack sample code have known for over a year and a half that Android can support all game controller buttons and axes in pure native (C/C++) code. But until now, developers wanting to access the all-important analog axes on those controllers had to manually query non-NDK (i.e. non “stable”) APIs from Android libraries at runtime. In addition to being a bit of an inconvenience to query the function needed, there was always the...

NVIDIA had a blast at the Big Android BBQ in Hurst, TX from Oct 12-14th. An enthusiast show on many levels, the BBQ brings together a great convergence of Android modders and hackers, most of whom also seemed to be avid gamers! NVIDIA showed off both high-end Android gaming and PC streaming on SHIELD with hands-on demos. We brought along a host of internal SHIELD development hardware, too; it provided these Android-savvy attendees with a really good idea of what it takes to...